Ticket-recording device.



B. F. LEWIS.

TICKET RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1915.

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B. F. LEWIS.

TICKET RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED APR.24.1915.

1,163,422, Patented Dee.7,1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- v O O o o wlNEssl-:s o o INVENTOR MMM?? g g v @mm fw@ E; Fg* 1 gm.%mQuM/\xr BENJAMIN F. LEWIS, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH P. LAB/KIN,

OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-RECORDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application led April 24, 1915. Serial No. 23,581.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN, F. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the countyy of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ticket-Recording Devices, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-f Figure l is an irregular section through the casing on line I*I of Fig. 2.' Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line II-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a punch operating device. Figs. 4land l5 are sectional views on the lines IV-IV and V-V, respectively,y ofFig. `1. Fig. 6 is a yplan view of the leftfhandportion of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is aperspective view ofthe locking bar. Fig. 8 is aseotional view of the lockingbarshown in Fig. 7. Figs. `9'and 10 are detailfviews of the .locking bar operating cam, and Fig.V 11 is a plan view of the punch plate.

This invention relates to an improvement in ticket recording devices and is designed to provide a cheap and eiicient device for issuing tickets and making-va duplicate record of the ticket issued.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this `character in which the feeding device forthe main ticket and the yduplicate is operated .by the duplicate strip, and which is so arranged that after a predetermined length of ticket has been measured off byvthe feeding device, the feeding device, together with all the mechanism, will be automatically locked to prevent further feedingfof theduplicate or main ticket strip, until released for the issuing of another ticket. f y

The precise natureof my invention will be bestfunderstood byv referencefto theaccompanying drawings which will nowbe described,'it being premised, however, that various' changes' may-bemadel in the details of constructionand general arrangement of the parts without departingfrom the spirit and scopeof myrinven'tion, a's deiinedfin the appended claims. n n l Referring to the accompanying drawings the numeral 2 designatesfthe casing `which may be of approved typei and provided with suitable hinged covers to Ypermit jready vaccese to .the working. -.parts, which; ,covers may be secured in any desired manner to prevent tampering with the mechanism within the casing.

` Rotatably mounted on stationary spindles within the casingfis a spool Scontaining a strip of duplicate tickets, and a spool 4 contalnlng a strip of original tickets.

5 is a spool connected to a spindle 6 which is rotatably mounted in bearings in the casmg, and 7 is a knurled head secured on the outer end ofthe-spindle 6 on the exterior of the casing. The duplicate strip of tickets 8 passes from the spool 3 over a punch plate 9 tov the spool 5 and'is arranged to be drawn from the spool 3 by the rotation of the spool 5. Rotatabl'y mounted below the punch plate 9 and in bearings in the casing 2 is a shaft 10, having securedthereto a plurality Vof perforating wheels 1l, which are provided with sharp teeth adapted to pass through the duplicate strip of tickets ,8 and the mainr strip of tickets 12, passing between the punch plate 9 andthe cover plate 13 above the punch plate.y Connectedto the shaft 10A is a stopdisk 14 having` a cam 15 onone 'side thereof andaslot 16 in its `periphery. Slidably mounted in guides in the frame isV a locking bar 17, the upper face thereof havinga recess 18 forfthe reception of the stopdis'k 14 and ya recess 19 in the lower face thereof foractuating the locking mechanism, as hereinafter described. Connected to theshaft 6 is a ratchet wheel 2O and coacting therewith is a spring pawl 21 to prevent the shaft 6 from being turned in the reverse (direction.

, y'22 is a seconda ratchet wheel connected to the shaft 6, which is engaged by means of a projection 23 on one endof a lever 24 pivoted to the frame of themachine, the-other end of the lever 24 extending below the locking bar l?, andis provided with a projection 23a.r When thelockinbar 17 is moved outwardly, as shown in dotted lines, in Fig. 2, thev end of this lever rests in the slot 19 in the bottom of the locking bar andpermits the r.hook 23 to engage the .teeth` of the ratchet, wheelr 22 .andthe projection 23El to enter theslot 16 in the cam disk, to lock the shafts G'andfl() from rotation. l 25 is agear wheel on the shaft 10, which meshes with thegear wheel 26 on the shaft of fa `dating device 27 above the strip of the tickets 12, and which contacts'with an inkingroller 128,;lthefarrangement being. such that when the tickets are fed forwardly the dating stamp will be rotated to. printA the c date von the main ticket.

Slidably mounted between the top plate 13V and the auxiliary plate 29 are a plurality of punches 8O which are held in theirupward position by means rounding the punches.` The punch plate 9 is provided with a plurality of openings i which register with the punches 30, so that wheneither of the punches are moveddowm wardly the original and duplicate tickets will be simultaneously punched.

In' 'order to avoid the punches beingracci:

"' dentally' operated, I have so arranged the punches and their guides that the't'ops vof the punches areslightly below the outer face tickets;

ofthe auxiliary top plate 29 and the conductorisgprovided with an operating device 32 having aprojection 33, as shown in Fig. 3', withwhicl'i he can manipulate any one of the'pu'nches, the projection 33 being of such a length that it would be impossible to move the punchesout' of their guiding openings f in the`4 auxiliary cover 29.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The `duplicate strip ticketis placed on the spool 3' and the/end secured tothe spool 5': and properly lined'up'so thaty the end of one of the tickets willbe in'p'roper relation with"the:punches and an opening 34C through c lthe top ofthe casing;` 'The main ticket strip 12fis thenpl-aced in position.` over thel 'dupli-y cate strip, the end y thereof passing out through the opening 84; Assuming the partsto be free torotatdasshown in-Figs. lf'and 2f, the spindlef is rotated by means *of itshead 7 which will wind `up kthe duplic'atevticket on' the spool lan'df feed outthe main tickety through the opening 34. v This movement .of the duplicate 'ticket will rotate the shaft lOthrough `the medium of the perforating wheels' 11 which will in turn feed an equal" lengthv of originall and duplicate After the shaft/10 has made one revolution, the locking bar'fl?r willbe'moved outwardly to itsfdotted'line'position in Fig. 2,l bymeans of the cam VThis outward movement ofthe locking'ba'r 17 willbring the* cutaway portion i9z in the under face thereof overthelever 24,'which will drop therein and permit the projections 2:3 and toxmoveinto positionto lock thesha'fts 6' a'ndl() from further rotation.vv Of course it will be understood that when'the parts are brought into'theis locked position, .the end of the original ticketl will be at'theedge of the"opening'3e,l which cany betorn off.

"When-V it'is'desiredto issuey another ticket, c

the locking bar'lf isf moved inwardlv to its full line 'positionV which will-actuate the lever and' release the mechanism, and permit tlieshaft'e 10':.tomake Ione revolution' when the-ji spindle Gais*` rotated, thereby actuating thefloki-ng mechanismizasfabcve described.

ofV springs 31 sur-v It will be understood that when the length of the ticket is changed, the size of the per.-

f forating wheels will be changed accordingly,

as each rotation of the shaft 10 will feed out one original ticket and one duplicate ticket.

rlhe advantages of my invention result from the provision of means for feeding the original ticket by a mechanism actuated by the duplicate strip, together with locking means controlled by the feeding mechanism which is so arranged that only a predetermined length of ticket is fed out by each operation.V of the machine. 1

l claim: 1'. A ticket recording device, comprising a plurality of spindles for holding strips of original and duplicate tickets, a spindle for receiving the duplica-te" ticket, means for actuating the last mentioned spindle,r and means engaging both tickets and actuated by the duplicate strip of tickets for feeding the main strip of tickets; substantially as described.- Y

2. A ticketrecording device, comprising a plurality of' spindles l'for holding strips of originalfand duplicate tickets, a spindle for receiving the duplicate ticket, means for Y actuating the last mentioned spindle, means "actuatedby the duplicate strip of tickets for feeding themain'strip of tickets, means f'ory vlocking the spindle. ,fory receiving [the stripV of duplicate tickets, and means'controlled by the feeding device for.l actuating said lock; substantiallyas described. A

3'. A- ticket recording, device, comprising a spool for holdingv a Vstrip ofid'uplicate tickets,

a spool for receiving said'tickets` a 'spool for l holding a strip of. original tickets anclfl arfstrip of duplicate tickets, means vfor windingk the duplicate strip Vfrom the holding means, means actuated'by the duplicate strip for feeding the main strip of tickets, and a locking device .actuated by the main strip feedingv device for locking the mechanism after a predeterminedlength of original stripy has been fedout; substantially as described. -L

5. A ticket recording device-.comprising y means for holding Va stripV of'original anda stripl of duplicatetickets, means for `winding the vduplicate strip fromthe holding means, means actuated by the duplicate Stripfor feeding vtheniain strip of ticketsl means for sinnrltaneouslyi 'punchinglx-the `o"rigg,inals` duplicate strips, and a locking device actuated by the main strip feeding device for locking the mechanism after a predetermined length of original strip has been fed out; substantially as described.

6. A ticket recording device comprising means for holding a strip of original and a strip of duplicate tickets, means for Winding the duplicate strip from the holding means, means actuated by the duplicate strip for feeding the main strip of tickets, and a locking device actuated by the main strip feeding device for locking the main strip feeding device and the duplicate strip Winder; substantially as described.

7. A ticket recording device, comprising means for holding a duplicate strip of tickets and an original strip of tickets, a Winding device for drawing the duplicate strip from its holding device, a feeding device actuated by the duplicate stripfor feeding the original strip, a locking lever for locking the Winding and feeding devices, and a locking bar actuated by the feeding device for permitting the locking lever to move into locking position; substantiallyas described.

8. A ticket recording device for issuing original and duplicate tickets, means for holding'` rolls of original and duplicate tickets, a spindle for receiving the duplicate tickets, means for actuating said spindle, and an original ticket feeding device arranged to pass through the duplicate and original tickets to simultaneously feed both tickets; substantially as described.

9. A' ticket recording device for issuing original, and duplicate tickets, means for holding rolls of original and duplicate tickets; a spindle for receiving the duplicate tickets, means for actuating said spindle, and an original ticket feeding device arranged to 'pass through the duplicate and original tickets to simultaneously feed both tickets; together with means for stopping the movement of the feeding device after it has moved a predetermined distance; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

BENJAMIN F. LEWIS. Witnesses:

Guo. B. BLEMING, Jnssn B; HELLER.

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